‘Very Selective, Very Costly’ Alfa Supercar Deliberate for 2023

You thought the 4C’s death marked the tip of inside combustion-powered Alfa Romeo sports activities vehicles, did you? Personally I’d assumed as a lot, however the model nonetheless feels there’s unfinished work to do. As such, it’ll launch a “very selective and really unique” coupe subsequent 12 months, in accordance with CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato.

The chief execs phrases on the topic have been making the rounds at this time, however they have been truly first reported in an interview by Autocar at the end of July:

“For the second, I’ve two eventualities: full ICE or full EV,” he mentioned. “It is going to be very thrilling, very selective and really costly.”

Then, this previous Wednesday, Auto Express added that we might get a peek quickly — as close to as November. Additionally, Imparato appeared very confident that Alfa’s going to hit this one out of the park. As a result of it’s an Italian sports activities automobile, ya mook!

“On the finish of November I will probably be in a state of affairs to current to you a 2023 product occasion,” Imparato mentioned. “After ‘sportiness’ you add ‘Italian’ and ‘crimson’ and you’ve got the positioning of Alfa Romeo. It’s easy. Straightforward to execute.”

Of course, this wouldn’t be a true successor to the reasonably affordable, powerful-enough 4C; it sounds like something more extreme. That’s a little disappointing for those of us bemoaning the extinction of attainable enthusiast vehicles.

Auto Express included a render of what it believes the automobile might appear to be that I can’t embed right here, however the normal gist is Tipo 33 Stradale mashed with De Tomaso P72. To be honest, the P72 is already very evocative of the Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina commissioned by Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus. Any of these would function a worthy inspiration; all of them share the optimum form for an Italian supercar.

In the intervening time there’s no telling what this mysterious Alfa will entail below the hood, however the cynic in me predicts it’d share bones with the Maserati MC20 as a result of that might make sense and bespoke vehicles are costly to design. There had been some rumblings of the MC20 gestating out of a cancelled 8C follow-up some years again, anyway. In Might, Alfa’s North American head honcho Larry Dominique even name-dropped Maserati as he hedged the opportunity of a future halo automobile for the model.

Supercars apart, Alfa plans a drip feed of equally limited-run merchandise over the approaching years. Imparato advised Auto Specific that the GTA line is completed for now, nevertheless followers can anticipate different “very particular, high-level gives” down the pike. A type of must be a restomodded 155 that appears just like the V6 TI DTM automobile — simply placing it on the market.